Women in Combat

Saturday

Mar 23, 2013 at 12:01 AM

The picture within your article March 17 says it all ["Female General: Women Can Handle Combat"]. I'm sure a cudgel match between the two 5-foot-six-inch, 120-pound female Marines would be competitive.However, how would they fare vs. the male instructor standing with them (or a Taliban operative)? Slaughtered.Women in combat is a terrible idea — both for the country's protection and for the sake of the ladies in question.This is political correctness run ultimately amok.MIKE JONESLakeland